By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent CARLSTADT – For years, it’s been known as one of the…
Month: July 2014
Grateful for community outreach
Members of the Hogan family and Burns family are extending their heartfelt thanks to all those friends, family…
Around Town
Belleville As part of its Eight Great Live Monday Nights summer family series, co-sponsored by Friends of the Library, Belleville…
Kearny’s Kelly named Observer Co-Female Athlete of the Year
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Nicole Kelly’s incredible athletic career began at a very young age. “I…
Lyndhurst’s Servideo gets grand send-off
Frank “Butch” Servideo has spent most of his life involved in Lyndhurst High School athletics. Servideo was first a standout athlete…
Putting pride back into Belleville football
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Joe Fischer decided to take over the Belleville High School football program…
St. Michael’s golf outing raises $100,000 for Breast Center
Ninety-four golfers took to the green at the St. Michael’s Medical Center (SMMC) recent Golf Outing. The daylong event, held…
W. Hudson mayors endorse DeGise
Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise recently accepted early endorsements of Harrison Mayor James Fife, Kearny Mayor Al Santos, East Newark Mayor…
Obituaries
Arthur W. Anderson Arthur W. Anderson, of Kearny, died July 5, in University Hospital in Newark. He was 83.…
Brookdale Park fireworks, concert postponed to July 15
Because of the forecast of severe weather, the Essex County Fireworks Display and Concert with The Infernos and Joe…
Towers of power
By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent LYNDHURST – Fans of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission’s DeKorte Park took notice when…
May sue for more energy cash
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – Public Service Electric & Gas pays about $18 million a year…
Cespedes shooting to grand jury
BELLEVILLE – Nearly a year after Belleville resident Dante Cespedes was gunned down in a fusillade of bullets fired…
Now he’s a lieutenant
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent KEARNY – The Kearny Police Department has scored an additional police superior but it…
Layoffs, loan seen as deficit remedies
By Ron Leir Observer Correspondent BELLEVILLE – Last week, the Belleville school community learned the awful truth: The township’s…